Between the Wars (EP)

Between The Wars

EP by Billy Bragg
Released	February 1985
Genre	Folk punk, protest song

Between the Wars was an extended play released by Billy Bragg in 1985. It reached #15 on the UK Singles Chart.

The title track was inspired by the UK miners' strike (1984–1985).^[1] The choice of other songs on the record was also relevant to the dispute - "Which Side Are You On?" is an American pro-trade union song from the 1930s, whilst Bragg's own composition "It Says Here" is critical of the political bias of British newspapers, most of which opposed the strike.

The proceeds from sales of the record were donated to the striking miners' fund.^[2]

All four tracks are available on the Billy Bragg compilation album Back to Basics and the 2006 reissue of Brewing Up with Billy Bragg.

Track listing

"Between the Wars"
"Which Side Are You On?"
"World Turned Upside Down"
"It Says Here"

References

Billy Bragg

Studio albums	Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy Brewing Up with Billy Bragg Talking with the Taxman About Poetry Workers Playtime The Internationale Don't Try This at Home William Bloke Mermaid Avenue (with Wilco) Mermaid Avenue Vol. II (with Wilco) England, Half-English Mr Love & Justice Mermaid Avenue Vol. III (with Wilco) Tooth & Nail

Compilations, and boxsets	Back to Basics The Peel Sessions Album Victim of Geography Life's a Riot Between the Wars Bloke on Bloke Reaching to the Converted Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg Volume 1 Volume 2 Fight Songs Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions (with Wilco)

Singles and EPs	"Between the Wars EP" "Days Like These" "Levi Stubbs' Tears" "Greetings to the New Brunette" "She's Leaving Home" "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards" "She's Got a New Spell" "Won't Talk About It" "Sexuality" "You Woke Up My Neighbourhood" "Accident Waiting to Happen EP" "Upfield" "The Boy Done Good" / "Sugardaddy" "Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key" (with Wilco) "She Came Along to Me EP" (with Wilco) "England Half English" / "St Monday" (with The Blokes) "Take Down the Union Jack" (with The Blokes) "We Laughed" (Rosetta Life feat. Billy Bragg) "I Keep Faith" "The Beach Is Free" / "I Almost Killed You" "Never Buy The Sun"

Live albums	"Help Save the Youth of America" "No Pop, No Style, Strictly Roots" "Mermaid Avenue Tour" "Going to a Party Way Down South" "Live at the Barbican"

Related articles	Wilco Discography Red Wedge "A New England"

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